ruttish

Especially appropriate is his incorporation of pastoral vocabulary into his translation of Daphnis' sexual response to Chloe's touch at 3.13.4: [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.] .is translated as "and became ruttish in response to the embraces" (93), a rendition which nicely communicates the goatherd's sexual excitement, as well as assimilating it to that of the billy-goats described a few lines earlier, and paving the way for Daphnis' goat-sex mimesis; however, while the goats may get their oats, poor Daphnis is again left wanting.

In its place, when he blew again, was a fifth which read: The salty-sweet, sweating remembrance of Drennette's long-toed advance animated the street with an astringent allure, a ruttish funk I fell into which was more than mere mood.

The letters continuously resist--try to resist, then yield (and yield, baby) to descriptions of ruttish nymphs who want nothing more than a shameless romp with a European.

Beneath the light, a ruttish priest spun wool, stood, and said he would wash my feet in the blood of our waters.